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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOSCO

La palabra hosco procede del latín fuscus, oscuro.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOSCO IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOSCO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
interjection
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Hosco is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOSCO MEAN IN SPANISH?

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Definition of hosco in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition of hosco in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is said of the dark color: Very dark, as is usually that of the Indians and mulattoes. Another meaning of surly in the dictionary is grim, harsh and intractable. Hosco is also said of the time, of a place or of an environment: Little cozy, unpleasant, threatening. La primera definición de hosco en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es dicho del color moreno: Muy oscuro, como suele ser el de los indios y mulatos. Otro significado de hosco en el diccionario es ceñudo, áspero e intratable. Hosco es también dicho del tiempo, de un lugar o de un ambiente: Poco acogedor, desagradable, amenazador.

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SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOSCO


abelmosco
a·bel·mos·co
andosco
an·dos·co
connosco
con·nos·co
fosco
fos·co
josco
jos·co
kiosco
kios·co
mosco
mos·co
osco
os·co
quiosco
quios·co
rosco
ros·co
tosco
tos·co
trasandosco
tra·san·dos·co

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOSCO

hosanna
hosca
hoscosa
hoscoso
hospa
hospedable
hospedador
hospedadora
hospedaje
hospedamiento
hospedante
hospedar
hospedera
hospedería
hospedero
hospiciana
hospiciano
hospicio
hospital
hospitalaria

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE HOSCO

asco
busco
carrasco
casco
cisco
cusco
damasco
disco
francisco
frasco
fresco
jalisco
marisco
pasco
pintoresco
pisco
refresco
risco
tabasco
vasco

Synonyms and antonyms of hosco in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hosco» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOSCO

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Translator Spanish - Chinese

阴沉的
1,325 millions of speakers

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hosco
570 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - English

surly
510 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Hindi

असभ्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Spanish - Arabic

عابس
280 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Russian

неприветливый
278 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Portuguese

ranzinza
270 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Bengali

কর্কশকণ্ঠ
260 millions of speakers

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maussade
220 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Malay

kereng
190 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - German

unwirsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Japanese

ぶっきらぼうな
130 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Korean

기분이 언짢아하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Javanese

surly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Spanish - Vietnamese

hay cau có
80 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Tamil

கடுகடுப்புள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Marathi

चिडका
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Turkish

somurtkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Italian

burbero
65 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Polish

gburowaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Ukrainian

непривітний
40 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Romanian

posac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Spanish - Greek

κατσούφης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Spanish - Afrikaans

nors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Spanish - Swedish

buttre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Spanish - Norwegian

surly
5 millions of speakers

SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

hosco
hosco 
  sullen ; surly ; crusty ; morose ; crabby ; unfriendly ; disagreeable ; testy ; unsociable ; standoffish.
 He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.
 He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
 For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters.
 His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
 The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
 These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for 'unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.
 Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
 We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
 She's always been a bit unsociable, but lately she's worse.
 So I suppose to most people I am standoffish but to the ones I like I can be plenty affectionate with.

Trends of use of hosco

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOSCO»

The term «hosco» is regularly used and occupies the 34.350 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOSCO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about hosco

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10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOSCO»

Discover the use of hosco in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hosco and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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El cócora
El Hosco (desde la tribuna). — Señoras mias : Vds. habrán visto ya los primeros números de El Cócora. Una poetisa alta, gorda y fea.—Sí : un papelejo que ha empezado á publicarse... Otra poetisa chiquitilla, flaca, y más fea : Muy ...
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Poesía completa y prosas
Un arlequín tarambana Con un toc-toc insensato, El tonel de Fortunato Bate en mi sien tarambana... Siento sorda la campana'1 Que en mi pensamiento intuye; En el eco que refluye, Mi voz otra voz me nombra; Y hosco persigo en mi sombra  ...
Julio Herrera y Reissig, Angeles Estévez Rodríguez, 1998
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Léxico histórico del español de México: régimen, clases ...
FRECUENCIA GLOBAL: 2 hosco el dicho Diego cogio un buey novillo, prieto, hosco, a lo que todos le dijeron que era malo (188,111); Diego Salvador se ynclinó a querer uncir un novillo prieto, hosco, que le llaman el Botija (189, 11v).
Concepción Company Company, Chantal Melis, 2002
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Diccionario de la lengua castellana compuesto por la Real ...
Fuscus. hosco. Ceñudo, encapotado, y que obscureciendo el sobrecejo , amenaza con él , y procura poner miedo ; lo que comunmente se dice de los guapos y valentones. Torvus , asper. hosco. Ufano , desvanecido. Vanus , pomposus.
Real Academia Española (Madrid), 1783
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Obras Completas
155 PRO PATRIA (A mi leal amigo José T. Gaibrois*) Al hosco trovador de los desiertos No le pidas aún trovas galanas; De aquellas soledades inf1nitas Traigo el silencio y sombras en el alma. 5 Ante el fecundo laborar humano, Al noble y ...
Jorge Isaacs, María Teresa Cristina, 2006
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Léxico español de los toros: contribución a su estudio
El toro de pelo revuelto en forma de remolino. CARIFOSCO. «Segundo, buen mozo, pero basto, colorao, obscuro, ojo de perdiz, carifosco, bien armado (S. y S. , 1904). El toro que tiene rizado el pelo del testuz» (Cossío). Academia: «Hosco, 2.
José Carlos de Torres, 1989
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Cómo leer un poema
Versos como «With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing» [«con agudos gritos breves revolotea en alas de piel»] y «His small but sullen horn» [«su pequeño pero hosco cuerno»] dejan traslucir un alto grado de autoconciencia lingüística, ...
Terry Eagleton, 2010
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Cuentos cuánticos
Aquel día, el Hosco laesperaba a lasalida de la carnicería. Llevaba puesto un desparejo pantalón a cuadrosque dejabaal descubierto unode susdos huesudos tobillos y una camiseta blanca falsos con tirantes. Su aplastada melena brillaba ...
Carlos Gaspar Delgado Morales, 2012
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El gran libro de América judía
"Hosco", repetía mi padre. "Largos silencios durante la marcha, con la vista clavada en el suelo. Un silencio tan duro como sus palabras. Era difícil preguntarle algo sin que nos regañara, y nos dijera que no entendíamos nada de las cosas ...
Isaac Goldemberg, 1998
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Diccionario Catalan-Castellano
arañero, zahareño, hosco, fosco, furo, ganso, huron . ♢aucéll que s'torna esquerp . Cetr. recreido. Esquerrá, na. adj. zurdo, izquierdo, zocato, zoco. ♢ férse esquerrá. enzurdecer. Esquerre , rra. adj izquierdo, síniestro. Esquex. m. esquins en la ...
Magín Ferrer, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOSCO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hosco is used in the context of the following news items.
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Havelange, el hombre que hizo del fútbol un negocio universal
Con una personalidad fuerte, un carácter hosco y conocido como todo un maestro de las relaciones públicas, Havelange cumplió un siglo de vida el pasado 8 ... «La Razón, Aug 16»
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Volta votes crucial for NDC in November elections - Kwadwo Gyapong
He charged every HOSCO-TEIN member to win four voters, who should also win four others to establish a four-voter-win-cycle, to enable the NDC to accomplish ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 16»
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Un grito mudo ante oídos sordos
La excusa del adelanto del inicio de clases sirvió para que muchos en las altas esferas comiencen a conocer quién era aquel hombre hosco que ganó la ... «0223 Diario digital de Mar del Plata, May 16»
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¿Qué le espera ahora al PT, a Lula y a Dilma?
Aunque por momentos cansado del carácter hosco de su sucesora, Lula también se unirá a la defensa pública de Dilma mientras dure el juicio. Ya hizo lo ... «LA NACION, May 16»
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50 start-up de Bilan: DigitArena, Hosco, Pryv
Créé par deux anciens de l'Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne Olivier Bracard et Carl Julien, Hosco est devenu le plus grand site de jobs spécialisé dans l'hôtellerie ... «Bilan, Apr 16»
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'El juez': Cuando el pasado reaparece
Se trata de un juez de provincias, hosco y cercano a la jubilación, inmerso en una galopante crisis personal. Ni siquiera cree ya demasiado en su labor de ... «La Vanguardia, Apr 16»
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La plate-forme de recrutement hôtelière Hosco se développe à Dubaï
En automne 2011, ils lancent la start-up Hospitality Connection (Hosco), une plate-forme de recrutement sur Internet qui met en relation les professionnels du ... «24heures.ch, Jan 16»
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Hosco : le réseau pour le recrutement et l'emploi dans l'industrie de l ...
HOSCO, le réseau dédié au recrutement et à l'orientation professionnelle des ... Lancée en 2011 et baptisée HOSCO, la startup Suisse a créé un réseau de ... «TourMaG.com, Jan 16»
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'Rubbish', de Hosco!, un cuento español en la 'Semana Europea de ...
La Unión Europea (UE) ha seleccionado el cuento interactivo 'Rubbish' (http://www.hosco-illustrations.com/rubbish/RUBBISH.html), creado por el ilustrador ... «ECOticias.com, Nov 15»
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Sin domesticar
Quienes tuvimos la fortuna de tratarlo sabemos que Rafael Chirbes ha sido un hombre bueno, pudoroso, honesto y a veces un poco hosco, pero ¡el jodido se ... «EL PAÍS, Aug 15»

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